I'm sure that's come out of my mouth before. After reading Andy's end of the year blog, I've been tempted to get back on here and write. Let's start with writing about my initial reason for starting this blog - running and food. Since the last blog I've done one race and a lot of training. The "race" that I did was the Run For Your Lives 5k. It's an obstacle course with the added twist of zombies. The best part of the race was that my wife did it with me. She is not a runner. She does not like running. Typically, when I mention it, she makes a whiny face at me. However, if you put a pack of zombies in front of her, she screeches and takes off sprinting. So, we had a lot of fun. Unfortunately, our flags got pulled about 2 miles into the race. So, there wasn't much motivation to run fast after that. The obstacles were ok. They don't hold a candle to Tough Mudder obstacles, but they were enough to challenge Mila. It didn't motivate her to run a whole lot but, she's open to more obstacle races.
Other than that race, I've been training for the 3M half marathon up in Austin on 13 January. I'm shooting for a 2:05, which would be officially about 17 minutes faster than my previous PR. In this training, I've been meeting up a few first timers during the week. For some reason they curse me out and mutter under their breath every time. But they're troopers. They keep coming back 2x a week for their abuse. It's been so awesome to see their improvement. What's even more cool than that is the attitude shift. No, they still call me dirty words. However, there's talk of "what races should we do next year?" or "I think I'll do my first full marathon in September." It's great to pass my newfound love of running to other people. I'm nervous about hitting that 2:05 though. We'll see. I'm sure I'll write about it.
Mila and I checked out a restaurant this past weekend that was awesome. I put "best pizzerias San Antonio" into Google and saw what popped up. According to urban spoon, Big Lou's was first and Dough was a very close second. We ended up choosing Dough. It was a great choice. They offer traditional Neapolitan style pizzas, something I'd never tried before. We had a cheese platter with flat bread to start. That was awesome. Then the pizza. I don't even know what what was all on there. Whatever it was, I liked it. We'll definitely be going back.
2012 has been a great year. It's funny to think how I've changed. Most of my friends have kids. Drinking? Bars? Clubs? Nah, I'm fine. I'll go to a friend's to have a beer and play a board game. Don't forget playing with the kids. Who am I? I'll tell you who I am. I'm an extremely lucky guy. My wife is the most amazing woman I've ever met. I have a job that interests and challenges me. I have a group of friends that really are a second family. I have a father and grandmother that I can call any time just to talk or for advice. And I have the best brothers a guy can ask for. Who would have thought 10 years ago that I'd rather spend time with my brothers than anyone else? Finishing that marathon with Mila, Scott, and Andy cheering me on is a memory that I will never lose. Really, I'm just grateful. I say I'm lucky, but it's not all luck. It's the amazing people that I have around me. All I've got to do is not scare them away.
